Libby switches focus to 2021
Week: 15 | 14th April 2020 | Athletics SportAthletics CANCELLATION of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, due to be held in Tokyo, has come as a big blow to thousands ofathletes who have been in training but they have welcomed the news that they will be held…
RAVE REVIEWS: Travel: Petra, Jordan
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | Arts and Entertainment ReviewReviewers: Tony Parker & Avril Bannatyne AT THE end of February Avril and I fulfilled lifelong ambitions to visit the ‘Rose red city half as old as time’ – Petra.We had earlier joined the Fred Olsen cruise ship Boudicca in…
Kia ora from Aotearoa
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | Reportersby Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land of the Long White Cloud, as the Maori name translates.I am a junior doctor, currently working in the city of Christchurch on the South Island. As someone who grew up…
Centre progress
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsPROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During the COVID-19 pandemic the working group, who manage and co-ordinate the redevelopment project, are working from home and making progress, aided by consultant Robert Potter & Partners.All the field surveys…
Rainbows shine a light
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsTHE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all over Langholm, have inspired an idea for a competition.Alison Hotchkiss, a counsellor for Langholm and Canonbie Schools Cluster, said: “It all started by seeing the lovely rainbow windows already in…
EWM denies it has treated staff badly
Week: 15 | 10th April 2020 | NewsRedundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed STAFF made redundant by Edinburgh Woollen Mill say the company was heartless not to re-employ them after the UK government introduced a scheme to retain workers laid off because of…
Care for our carers
NEW immigration rules are coming into place, barring “unskilled” workers…
Don’t ignore vital grants
Council encourages application ESKDALE businesses could miss out on emergency…
Virus setback for Murtholm housing
Scheme is delayed by three months but could still be…
Nostalgia
25 years:£420 boost for summer outing Around £420 was raised…
Brown’s the Butcher opens
A welcome new shop as High Street starts to make…
Day’s tree appeal dismissed
PHILLIP Day, owner of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has lost…
London in lockdown
A Langholm man’s perspective on the capital in quarantine By…
Amazing support from the community
Langholm COVID-19 support group garners 900 members We are living…
The Rainbow Connection
Following the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided…
AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
We are living in a time of crisis and it’s…
Restaurant Review : The Boathouse Glencaple
Reviewer: Clare Rogerson Boreland We pulled up into a nice…
Lockdown in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Rhea Cavers AFTER a couple of months of travelling round…
Walk the Walk
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Lifestyle ReportersE&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk on as many of Scotland’s islands as possible. He’s got more than nine hundred to choose from, so it may take some time… In 2005. my friend John Irving and…
From a reader's point of view
Week: 13 | 1st April 2020 | E&L Life LifestyleSophie’s column last month about the advantages of growing up in a small village inspired reader Jane Kettle to put pen to paper. People have all sorts of reasons for moving to this area – for Jane and husband Alan,…
Langholm Sevens cancelled
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Rugby SportLANGHOLM RFC has regretfully taken the decision to cancel next month’s Langholm Sevens.This is because of current concerns over the spread of COVID-19 and taking into account official government guidance.The club’s primary concern, as always, is the health and safety…
RAVE REVIEWS... Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Arts Arts and Entertainment ReviewA RAINY day in Glasgow; what is a girl to do? A morning at the Kelvingrove Museum sounded like just the thing. A hearty breakfast in the cafe with views across the lawn and table service met the brief. It…
Money does grow on trees in Eskdalemuir
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsFIVE miles along a rough forestry track north of Eskdalemuir and you come to the old steading at Langshawburn. For the Toyota pick-up, driven by Douglas Mathison of Agriforest, the drive through the landscape of sitka spruce is easily negotiated.…
Langholm goes live!
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsA NEW project has been started during this difficult time of social distancing and isolation and it is hoped it bring the community together to celebrate and enjoy the many talents in the town. Through the power of social media…
Village at odds with official flood report
Diaries show residents were left to cope on their own…
Health helpline set up to manage more demand
NHS24 opens dedicated service as a response to virus crisis…
Virus may put paid to most treasured event
Common Riding cannot take place in its customary way THERE…
Electric vehicle ports coming to Langholm
Council is waiting for a sub-station to be built on…
Beef sector could be more efficient
THERE is ‘considerable opportunity’ to improve the efficiency of the…
£3.5m price tag to buy Langholm Moor
Private donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT…
Joint response
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a…
Community rallies to support people at risk
COMMUNITY and business life in Eskdale and Liddesdale is grinding…
Double celebration
Rugby RUGBY fans from Langholm enjoyed a double celebration when…
More stock is sold, average prices fall
LIVESTOCK sold through Scotland’s auction marts fetched £482.m last year,…
Langholm teenager is elected to parliament
Cameron is keen to start his fledgling parliamentary career A…
Region poised to deal with potential outbreak
All 33 tests for virus in Dumfries and Galloway are…
Project awarded £600k
Week: 11 | 12th March 2020 | NewsTrust to develop Buccleuch House for learning and enterprise MORE THAN half a million pounds has been awarded to Newcastleton to develop an enterprise and learning centre along with a bunkhouse in Buccleuch House. The Newcastleton and District Community Trust…
Moorland purchase reaches critical stage
Week: 11 | 12th March 2020 | NewsEXCLUSIVE: Public urged to get behind buy-out and sign petition THE potential community buy-out of Langholm Moor has reached a critical stage in its bid to buy several thousand acres of designated land from Buccleuch. After five months of round-the-clock…
Academy are Scottish champions
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | School SportHeptathlon LANGHOLM Academy were crowned West of Scotland regional champions at the Scottish Athletics giant heptathlon at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility last Friday. But, yesterday, they went one better when they were declared Scottish champions after they topped the scoreboard…
Cleaning up the Liddel
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsEWCASTLETON Wildlife Club members braved more rain last Friday to take part in the Great Borders River Clean. They started at Whithaugh pool and finished at the Holm bridge, collecting litter as they went. Wendy Patterson, club leader, said: “Please,…
Patrons follow lunch with a talk
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsCAMPBELL Scott, a trustee of the Langholm Initiative and project leader for the proposed community sports centre in Townfoot, was guest speaker at the patrons’ lunch in the Buccleuch Centre on Tuesday. He was welcomed by Gavin Graham, Buccleuch Centre…
Community ownership conference a great success
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsA MAJOR conference for public sector organisations and communities all over southern Scotland focused on the future of community ownership, including in Eskdale and Liddesdale. In our Hands: Community Ownership in the south of Scotland was run by Community Land…
OH CALAMITY!
IT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after…
We continue our serialisation of Wattie Bell’s book.
Happy Nights under the Gas Lamps But it was with…
Return to glass proving successful
BOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Residents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced…
Semi-final netted
Netball LANGHOLM Academy’s senior netball team secured a Scottish Cup…
Sports centre group makes good progress
Design feasibility study will be ready for the public during…
Farms need better pollinator practice
Despite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
He followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Donations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Walls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular…
Launch of Digital Hub
THE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub…
Holy Isle retreat brings patience and generosity
Daily distractions abandoned at Centre of World Peace and Health…
